Stand for toilet articles



No. 626.739. Patented .lune I3, |8919.

l W. VANDERMAN.

STAND FOB TDILET ARTICLES.

(Applcston Sept. 28,. 1897.)

(No Model.)

E mms mins cov, Puonxurno. WASHINGTON u c UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM VANDERMAN, OF WILLIMANTIC, CONNECTICUT.

rSTAND FOR TOILET ARTICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 626,739, dated June 13,1899.

Application led September 28, 1897. Serial No. 653,291. (No model.)

'Toilet Articles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription,where'by any one skilled in the art can make and use thesame.

The object of myinvention is to provide a device by means of which aconvenient and simple support may be provided for the several toiletarticles used about a bath-tub or a washstand, each article having itsspecial place and the parts being so arranged that any desired numberofbrackets maybe united to a common support and be adjustable thereon.

To this end my invention consists in a main support in combination witha series of adjustable brackets and means for removably securing them tothe support; and it further consists in details of the several parts andthe combination of the parts, as hereinafter described, and moreparticularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a view in elevation of myimproved device. Fig. 2 is a detail view, on enlarged scale, showing thejoint and clamp by which a bracket is united to the supporting-rod. Fig.3 is a modified form of clamp. Fig. 4 is a detail View in sectionthrough the upper bracket on enlarged scale.

The device as a whole is intended and adapted to be secured to the wallof the room or other suitable upright structure,-and in the accompanyingdrawings the letter a denotes the support, which comprises a rod b andbrackets c cl, the latter having sockets adapted to receive the rod andto hold it a slight distance away from the surface to which the bracketsare secured. The lower bracket receives the lower end of the rod, whichit closely holds, and the upper bracket c has a socket c', open at topand bottom for the passage of the upper end of the rod and threaded toreceive a thimble c, which fits upon the end of the rod and has anexterior thread engaging the threads in the socket-piece. By

this means the socket-piece is removably secured in position.

The object of the rod is to support a number of brackets, each one ofwhich may be used to hold a different, article, and each bracket issupported on a collar f, to which it is united by attaching means g.

In one form the collar f has a stem f' with a socket, in which a packinghis located, the inner surface of the socket being provided with athread engaging the thread on the sleeve g,`the inner end of which fitsWithin the socket in the stem. The bracket, as t', has an arm i', theend of which extends through this sleeve and is formed to t it, the endof the arm thrusting against the packing h, so that by means of thesleeve g the desired degree of pressure upon the packing may be exertedto clamp the collar and the parts supported by it firmly to the rod. Thebracket 1l has also an arm i2, which extends from the lower part of thebracket and has a forked inner end fitting closely the surface -of therod. By means of this device the bracket is firmly supported, isremovable from the rod at will, and may be fastened in any desiredposition of adjustment vertically on the rod or laterally about it. Inthe form of device shown inFig. l of the drawings there are illustrateda soap-holder, a sponge-holder, a brush-holder, a comb-holder, and aholder for tumblers, and it is evident that other forms of brackets maybe united to a single rod by the means described without materiallydeparting from the invention.

The upper bracket 7c is attached to the rod by a collar Z,Which isintegral with the bracketarm and has on one side a stem Z with athreaded socket,`into which the stem of the clamping-screw Z2 projectsand beneath which is arranged a non-metallic washer adapted to be forcedagainst the surface of the rod, so as to clamp the bracket in position.

It is intended that the rod b shall be made of any desired length, as itis usable with the brackets c and d, and may be of the required lengthto support any two or more of the brackets. f

The several parts of the support, including the rod and brackets, may bemade of any IOO desired material, and if' of metal may be plated andfinely finished, so as to present an ornamental appearance'as a fixturein a room.

I claim as my inventionl. In combination in a device for supportingtoilet articles, a set of brackets adapted to be secured toa support inyfixed relative position, one of said brackets having a threaded socket,a screw-threaded thimble having a socket and fitting said threadedsocket, a rod` removably supported by said brackets with one end locatedin thesocket in said thimble, a collar adj ustablysupported on said rod,and a bracket removably `secured to said collar.

2. In combination in a device for supporting toilet articles, a set ofbrackets adapted to be secured to a support in fixed relative pos-ition,a rod removably secured to said brackets with the latter in-said-fixedposition,

a. collar provided with a threaded recess andv supported on the rod, abracket having an arm with a flange located in the threaded recess linthe collar, and a sleeve fitting the threaded recess in said collar andwith its endl thrusting` againstthe fiange on said arm.

3. In combination in a device for supporting toilet articles, a set of'brackets adapted to bev secured to a support in fixed relative position,a rod removably secured to saidy brackets with the latter heldin saidfixedposition, a collar provided with athreaded recess and supported bysaid rod, a packing located in saidy recess in the collar,a brackethaving an arm adapted to rest against said packing and With a flangelocated in the threaded recess in the collar, and a sleeve fitting thescrew-threaded surface of the recess and With its end thrusting againstthe fiange on the-arm.

, 4. In combination in a device for supporting toilet articles, a set ofbrackets one of which is provided with a threaded socket adapted to besecured to a support in fixed relative position, a thimble provided Witha ,socket and fitting the screw-threaded socket in one of said brackets,a rod removably secured to said brackets With the latter in fixedyposition and With one end of the rod in engagement Witha socket in thethimble, a collar having a threaded recess and supported :by the rod, abracket with an arm. having a fiange located Within the threaded recessin lthe collar, and a sleeve fitting the screwthreaded surface of saidrecess and with its end thrusting against the flange on said arm.

5. In a device forsupporting toilet articles in combination, a support,a collar having a threaded. recessand mounted on the support, a brackethaving an arm with a fian ge located Within thethreaded recess in saidcollar and a sleeve fitting the threaded recess in said collar'a'nd'withits end thrustngagaiust the fiange on said' arm.

6. In a device for supporting toilet articles in combination, a support,a collar having a threaded recess and mounted on the'sup'port,l apacking. located'r in said recess in the collar, a bracket having an armadapted to v rest against said packingand With a flange located in thethreaded. recess in the collar, and a sleeve fitting, thescrew-threaded.surface of the recessand with its'end thrusting againstthe flange onthe arm;

WILLIAM VANDERMAN.

Witnesses:

ERMA P. COFFRIN, ARTHUR B. JENKINS.

